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Date:      Thu, 24 May 2001 14:12:16 +0100 (BST)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tip/tip tip.c tipout.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0105241411360.58788-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <200105240927.f4O9R2a53217@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 24 May 2001, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> phk         2001/05/24 02:27:02 PDT
>
>   Modified files:
>     usr.bin/tip/tip      tip.c tipout.c
>   Log:
>   If the user exists abruptly, tip's "tipout" child can hang around
>   forever. Since the lock file doesn't get cleaned up, this prevents
>   other users from accessing the target device.
>
>   (phk adds: Man, this has been bugging me for YEARS!)

Me too. These days, I generally type 'killall tip; tip cua0c'...

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
					Phone: +44 20 8348 6160



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